Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-18
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
1lenortea for the Dlspafch-l
TyrOlese Inns.
TEnwAhtll


What is the origin of signs? The ear
Hest signs are certainly heraldic. We
have still in many villages the "So-and-
So Arms" with the shield of the lord
Of the manor emblazoned upon il, with
MI its quarterings. Or we have the
Red Lion, or the White Hart, or the
Swan, all either crests OF cognizances
of a family, or of sovereign or
Queen. Tho Swan sign is said to
date from Anne of Cleves the White
Hart was the badge of Richard Ill. and
inns with this sign probably were erect
ed in that reign, and have retained this
sign unchanged since. We know OF
inns under the name Of the Rose, which
there can be little question came into
life rs hostelries in the time Of the
Yorkists and Lancastrians. The Wheat
Sheaf was the Burleigh badge, the
elephant that of Beaumont, the
Bulls Head was Boleyn cognizance.
the Blue Boar the badge of the De
yeres, the Farls of Oxford, the Green
Dragon of the Earls of Pembroke, the
Falcon of the Marquis of Winchester.
II does not, however follow that the
inns that have these signs date from the
periods when, let us say, Anne Boleyn
was Queen, because they bear the token
Of the bulls head, or from the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth, when Burleigh was in
power, because of the wheat-sheaf, for ii
will not unfrequently be found that they
take their titles and signs from n
much more local origin, the coat
or cognizance of the squire who holds
the manor. There was a reason for
this-the inn was originally the place
where the true landlord. I. C.--the lord
of the manor-receiyed his guests, and
every traveller was his guest. In Ice
land at the present day there is but one
inn at Reykjavik, the capital, and that
is kept by a Dane. The traveller in the
island goes to any farmhouse or par
sonage and is taken in. Indeed, by law
n traveller cannot be refused hospi-
tality. When he leaves he either makes
n present OF money or Of something else
that will be valued, but this is a present,
and not payment. In many parts of
Tyrol it is much the same. The excur-
sionist is put mp at the priests house.
The writer has been thus received,
among other places, at Heiligkreutz, in
the Oetz Thai. In the evening the
room-the cures parlor-was filed
with peasants who asked for wine, and
were supplied. When they left they
put money in the hand of the pastors
sister while he, smoking his pipe, looked
cut of the window. When the writer
left next morning the same farce was
enacted. Further up the same valley
is Vent, where again the cure receives
travellers and his. sister receives pay
ment, but there definite charge is
made, but at Heiligkreutz what WAS
given was accepted as present The
priests who entertain do not OF course
bang up signs over their doors. The
pastor is supposed to be given to hos
pitality, and would give OF his all freely
and cheerfully if he could afford it, butof
late years as travellers have become
more numerous his pittance has become
smaller, so that his hospitality can no
longer he gratuitous, In the old ro-
mances Of chivslry We read Of travellers
always seeking the castle OF some knight,
and asking, almost demanding, lodging
and entertainment.